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bug#15917: 24.3.50; manual: mention keys reserved for users


From: Stefan Kangas
Subject: bug#15917: 24.3.50; manual: mention keys reserved for users
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2020 18:16:34 -0700

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> "Should" has at least two meanings: (1) you should
> do something (like must but less strong) and (2)
> something probably will happen.
>
> #2 says that we expect that something will likely
> happen, but it doesn't say who makes it happen.
> It's passive.  There's no telling someone that
> you want them to do something.  It's just saying
> that something will likely happen (somehow).
>
> My suggestion is that we not allow such a reading.
> Remove such ambiguity.

OK.  How do you propose to do that?

The full text would be:

   +Key sequences that consist of @kbd{C-c} followed by a letter (upper or
   +lower case) are ``reserved for users,'' and should not conflict with
   +any properly designed Emacs extension or Emacs itself.

To me, it seems clear that the agent in this case would be either the
Emacs developers or the package developers.





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